My Time With Jesus Tuesday

Waiting  On The Holy Spirit

1 Corinthians 12: 7-11, Different manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to 1 is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as he wills.

Have you ever seen a preacher in person or on television, that had a healing ministry? Did you envy him or her even a little bit? Did you really want to do the same things they were doing? Many people would give anything they had in order to do what they saw the preacher doing.

The first thing you must do is have absolute faith, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit. We all know that God has a plan for each of us, but sometimes we don't know what that plan is

 As we read in today's opening verse, The life of a true believer is guided by the Holy Spirit. Most of us would like to do the things that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ did when He was here, and all the things the apostles did in His name.

Everything the apostles did was a plan for their life that Almighty God had envisioned before they were even born. If we trust God and commit our lives to Him, we are guided by the Holy Spirit. That Holy Spirit will give us what we need when we need it.

I believe that in the eyes of our Lord, everyone has different jobs as dictated by God Almighty and enabled by the Holy Spirit at the proper time and place. Since that appears to be the case then no one is higher or lower in God's opinion, if they are doing what they are supposed to do.

Do you remember hearing about our bodies. Each part of our body is important for the good of the entire body. Every part of the body cannot be the brain, the nose, the hands, or the feet. Each one has to exist in the function they perform in order to make the whole thing work. That again was designed by God.

So as each of us goes through life, we may or may not be presented with a special opportunity from the Holy Spirit. The important thing in life, is to commit your life to the Lord Jesus Christ, and follow as you are LED. Incidentally, if the Holy Spirit has a job for you to do, you will not miss it, and you will be provided with everything you need to fulfill that mission. God's plan and God's timing is what it's all about. God Bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus Loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the Cross for me. By your Stripes I was Healed and your Blood washed away my sins. Your Death and Resurrection made my Salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal Savior. Thank You Lord

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

God's Promises Sunday

It's Unfortunate

Matthew 13: 13, therefore I speak to them in parables; Because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

There are literally dozens of verses in the Bible that talk about people not being aware of Almighty God. Most people know that the earth and the entire universe was created by God Almighty. So why is it that in our daily lives we do not act like He's even there.

All of these things can be explained in part by a couple of verses that I found while reading the Bible.

Isaiah 56: 11, and the dogs are greedy, they are not satisfied. And they are shepherds who have no understanding; They have all turned to their own way, each one to his unjust gain, to the last one.

Isaiah 29: 16, you turn things around! Shall the Potter be considered as equal with the clay, that what is made would say to its maker, he did not make me: or what is formed say to him who formed it, he has no understanding?

You may be wondering what has anything to do with these last couple of verses. The simple thing is the average person totally neglects God and tries to be his own God without even realizing it.

Most of us hear the words regularly, but they just bounce off of us. A case in point was something that I recognized in myself a number of years ago. I decided to do things without ever even thinking about what God thought about it.

Even worse than doing that, is that when God acted in my life I did not recognize it, and I did not thank Him for it. That went on for years. I was pretty much like these verses tell the story. The fact of the matter is Almighty God not only created everyone and everything, He loved His creation unconditionally.

Since almighty God loves every person, He wants to see all of them do well. The purpose of the Bible was the written word of God to help people do just that. Unfortunately, human nature goes against what God wants ever since Adam and Eve were thrown out of the garden of Eden.

So here we are in this day and age, with satan basically in charge of what goes on among men. Couple that with free will and you have a condition that is very dangerous.

Ephesians 5: 20, giving thanks always for all things to God the father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

One thing we must all understand right from the start. No one is special to God above everyone else. He loves each of us the same even though we don't appreciate or show any gratitude for what He does for us.

The reason this message started out the way it did it's kind of laying the groundwork for the main topic of gratitude to our Lord, and what Jesus Christ our Lord did for each of us. So, until next time, God Bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the Cross for me. By your Stripes I was healed and your Blood washed away sins. Your Death and Resurrection made my Salvation possible. I confess my sins and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal Savior. Thank You Lord

Amen! 

Praise The Lord! 

Gratitude is Essential

 

1 Corinthians 15: 56-57, the sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

There are many people in the world today, probably the majority, who do not think there is anything to be grateful for. This is a mistake that many people do not even realize. Most of us were brought up to be thankful when someone gives us something. While that is true it is more than that.

Almighty God works in our lives every single day. There are things He does for us that make us feel good, but we don't associate it with our Lord. There are also things that happen during the day that we are not happy about, and we don't realize it is for our own good.

 The reason for gratitude every single day to Almighty God is that no matter what happens it is for our good. You might be asking why should I be grateful when things don't go the way I want them to go? The answer is simple, Almighty God is behind it.

You will find that as years go by you inevitably will look back at things that happened in your life, and you will realize that the times you were kept from doing something was actually for your own good. You probably didn't recognize it at the time, but the day will come when you will.

Almighty God is always working in our lives 24 hours a day, every second of every minute, He is there watching over us and trying to steer us in the right direction. Whether we listen to Him or not is up to us.

The Bible tells us, and I have found out, that if you commit your day to the Lord and absolutely put everything that happens into His hands, the outcome will be a good one. You may not think so in that particular day but there will come a day where you will see just how much He did for you. Let God be God!

Proverbs 16:3, commit your works to the Lord, and your thoughts will be established.

When you commit yourself and your day to the Lord, you are giving Him authority and responsibility for you. If you do not take God into the equation and go about doing things your way, then you are totally responsible for what happens, and have absolutely no business blaming God for anything.

Psalm 37:5, commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him and He shall bring it to pass.

Always be thankful no matter what. About 50 years ago I read a book entitled Praise the Lord Anyway. That book changed my life. I started out skeptical, but I soon found out the truth of it.

So, my next question to you is, do you want to be a winner, or a loser? The answer should be obvious. God is always a winner and if you follow Him, you are a winner. satan on the other hand is nothing but a broken down loser and following him makes you a loser. God Bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus Loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the Cross for me. By your Stripes I was Healed and your Blood washed away my sins. Your Death and Resurrection made my Salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal Savior. Thank you Lord

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

My Time With Jesus Tuesday

A Good Life Revealed

Proverbs 16: 3, commit your works to the Lord, and your thoughts will be established.

Many people dismiss the Old Testament as not being relevant in these times. The truth however is the exact opposite of that line of thinking. We live in what has been referred to as the me generation. The words in Proverbs and Ecclesiastes seem like they were written with these times in mind.

While most people are confused and afraid of what goes on in this world, and where they fit in it, it isn't anything to worry about if you have the answers. As you probably figured out by now, the answers are in the Bible

Romans 15: 13, now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace and believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

If you were to seriously study the books of Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes, you could put together what we will call a game plan for life. There is so much truth in these books that it has gone unnoticed among the general population.

I am in my 80s, and I have in the last few years figured out what the book of Ecclesiastes says is absolutely true. If you take the book of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, and follow them with all your heart, you will not end up frustrated as Solomon was.

Matthew 6: 33, but seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Following the word of God from the beginning is the key to success. You will find that God is ready and more than able to help you in your endeavors if you follow the basic plan that He laid out. Yes, God laid it out because the word is from God Himself.

After the better part of a lifetime, I have come up with the conclusion, that if I knew about Ecclesiastes and Proverbs when I was young, and asked the Lord to help me to spend my life following what those books teach, even if nothing that I did changed, my attitude would have been much better, and peace would be in my heart, because I would realize that God allowed it for a reason.

The big thing I would like to stress is, you are never too old to start again. Your decisions, your free will, got you to where you are today. The amazing thing is if you go to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and give Him your life and put your life in His hands and don't interfere, you will be Blessed beyond measure.

Remember this, the word of God isn't like a commercial on TV that promises a cure all for everything. You must take some time and effort to find out how the game is played and whether or not you want to win or lose. God Bless you and your family. 

Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus Loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the Cross for me. By your Stripes I was Healed and your Blood washed away my sins. Your Death and Resurrection made my Salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal Savior. Thank you Lord

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

God's Promises Sunday

The Accuracy Of The Bible

Numbers 28: 19, God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a Son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will not do? Or has He spoken, and will not make it good?

If you are over the age of five, you probably know that truth is something most people are not familiar with. As a matter of fact, it seems that the bigger the lie, or the more outrageous the statement, the more likely it is that it will be believed.

Lying is so common that even people in our government as well as other world leaders, are either lying 99% of the time or they believe the garbage they preach. No one is held accountable, because lying has become a way of life to the point where a lie becomes the truth. Nothing is as it seems.

2 Timothy 3: 16, all scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction and righteousness.

2 Peter 1: 20, knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of any private interpretation.

If you want to break away from all of this deception, go to the word of God, because this is the only source of truth. You will never be deceived, because unlike man, God cannot lie. Just as you cannot make a good decision based on the wrong facts, ignoring the truth of God's word and making important decisions, even concerning your eternal life, based on what society says, is a losing game.

It is sad to say that there are versions of the Bible out there that have been adulterated. They drift away from the true Bible, and some are even so bad that they change what the Bible says in big ways.

The bibles I find that are the most accurate and unchanged are the King James, the New King James, the English standard version, the American standard version, and the NIV. I'm sure there are a few others that are accurate, but I just named the ones that I use.

Do yourself a favor, and take responsibility for yourself, and stop accepting lies. Seek the truth in life and in God's word. If you don't believe it, you at least made a decision by what you think rather than what political correctness or what the lying media says. God Bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus Loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the Cross for me. By your stripes I was Healed and your Blood washed away my sins. Your Death and Resurrection made my Salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal Savior. Thank you Lord

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

Life in Our Lord And Savior Jesus Christ

 

Colossians 4: 2, continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving.

Psalm 51: 10, create in me a clean heart o God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Christians do not realize the truth of what and I am about to say, because they were probably never made aware of it. Stand on your authority as a believer, and let God do the work. God is not God unless you allow Him to be.

You may be wondering why I would mention something like that. The truth is simple, but sometimes hard to follow. I speak from experience because years of my life could have been better even though the situation could have been the same, if I had allowed God to be in total charge, and I was thankful every day for what He had given me.

 When things are going good, most people do not even think about God. That is the time when you really show what's in your heart. We must stop and consider that the good times all come from God, and if we have times that are a little rough maybe He's reminding us about something.

Among all the great things God does for us, the one I thing I appreciate the most is the fact that we can cast all our cares on Him because He cares for us. 

1 Peter 5: 7, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

When you cast your care on the Lord, you are showing trust in God. The hard part sometimes comes in because you have to keep trusting no matter how long it takes. The truth is once you try to do it yourself you are taking God out of the picture.

So one way to start practicing what is in your heart, is to turn absolutely everything in your life over to God, and begin thanking Him every day for the answer. When you do these things, you are praising Him and giving your life quite a boost.

Remember that He is the God of love for you, and not the God of desperation only. The long and short of it is, let God do it. And don't forget to thank Him every time. God Bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus Loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the Cross for me. By your Stripes I was Healed and your Blood washed away my sins. Your Death and Resurrection made my Salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal Savior. 

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

My Time With Jesus Tuesday

Benefits of Prayer

 Mark 11: 24, therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

Do you realize that all of your success and failure occurs in your mind first? There is a constant battle between good and evil all of the time in the average person's mind.

Suppose you get a thought in your head, that you know in your heart is wrong. The brain will try to rationalize that thought to try and get your heart or conscience to accept it. The battle begins. Your heart and your brain continue to fight each other until a decision is reached.

Look at the world around you. Whether you give in to peer pressure, wanting to be like everyone else, you think it's fun, or any other number of reasons, the battle goes on until it is decided.

Maybe you say you're a person of faith, and you have accepted Jesus, and follow Him. You have discernment so you can't be deceived so easy. Really?

Let me pass this one by you. Prayer is the big reason for a battle in the mind. You pray for something and believe you will receive what you ask. A couple of days goes by and you haven't received it yet. The brain goes into action at incredible speed and some trickery in order to get you to doubt, so that your prayer will not be answered. Again it goes on until there is a winner. 

Here's a thought to keep in mind. You can stop satan in his tracks by using the authority Jesus gave you. That authority is activated by using the name of Jesus. If you know what is right and you get thoughts contrary to that, rebuke satan immediately by standing on the authority and name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Remember this my friends. When you pray you are actually talking to God himself. Picture yourself sitting right next to Him and talking to Him. Would you talk to Him if you didn't believe? When you ask Him for something, do you believe in your heart that He will give it to you? 

God cannot be deceived, so when you talk to Him make sure your heart is clean and your mind is deeply aware of who you are talking to, and what the result will be if you aren't sincere.

Matthew 6: 7, and when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think they will be heard for their many words.

God Bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus Loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the Cross for me. By your Stripes I was Healed and your Blood washed away my sins. Your Death and Resurrection made my Salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal Savior. Thank you Lord

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!